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Collector Discovers New Gold Variety

Anew die variety of an 1854 California fractional gold dollar has been discovered by Ken Glickman, an avid collector and researcher of California fractional gold for more than two decades. The new variety has been confirmed by California fractional gold specialists Ronald J. Gillio, Robert D. Leonard, Jr. and John Pack.

The designation for the new variety of the 1854 Period 1 gold dollar will be listed as BG-526a, as that comes between BG-526 (1853) and

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